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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Kolich, Windsor, CA;
Amber LaVerne Hall, Oak Park, MI (US);
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Sean David Fannin, Taylor, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly for a vehicle has a lower seat with a center seat cushion and a forward thigh supporting portion having a first refracted position and a second extended position. A leading edge of the forward thigh supporting portion is longitudinally displaced forward of the lower seat in the second extended position relative the first retracted position. A seat bolster is coupled with the forward thigh supporting portion extending laterally from at least one side of the seat, wherein the seat bolster has a first retracted position and a second extended position. A user control is operational to move the forward thigh supporting portion between the first retracted position and the second extended position, which simultaneously moves the seat bolster relative to the center seat cushion, respectively, between the first retracted position and a second extended position of the seat bolster.